Penguins 2–3 Panthers — Final Score & Stats (Jan 3, 2025)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐆 FLA

Matthew Tkachuk

1 G

5 shots · 14:20 TOI

2nd star 🐆 FLA

Gustav Forsling

1 G

3 shots · 26:13 TOI

3rd star 🐆 FLA

Carter Verhaeghe

1 A

3 shots · 18:29 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🐆 Gustav Forsling Go-ahead 2nd · 00:36

Assists: Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart · beat Tristan Jarry

0–1

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Tying 2nd · 11:09

Assists: Bryan Rust, Matt Grzelcyk · beat Spencer Knight

1–1

3rd period

🐆 Matthew Tkachuk PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:48

Assists: Carter Verhaeghe, Adam Boqvist · beat Tristan Jarry

1–2

🐧 Rickard Rakell PP Tying 3rd · 19:20

Assists: Michael Bunting, Evgeni Malkin · beat Spencer Knight

2–2

Shootout

🐆 Sam Reinhart Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted · beat Tristan Jarry

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Malkin · Rust 22:08

L2 Bunting · Acciari · Rakell 19:33

L3 Nieto · Lizotte · Glass 14:44

L4 O'Connor · Tomasino · Hayes 9:39

D1 Karlsson · Pettersson 22:55

D2 Joseph · Grzelcyk 20:40

D3 Pickering · Graves 13:24

🐆Panthers

L1 Lundell · Reinhart · Barkov 21:03

L2 Bennett · Verhaeghe · Luostarinen 18:29

L3 Tkachuk · Boqvist · Samoskevich 14:20

L4 Nosek · Greer · Rodrigues 7:06

D1 Forsling · Ekblad 23:58

D2 Kulikov · Balinskis 20:42

D3 Schmidt · Boqvist 13:50

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT FLA🐆

31 Shots on goal 33

2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

15 Hits 28

10 Blocked shots 12

1 Takeaways 2

8 Giveaways 7

10 Penalty minutes 28

PIT shooting 6.5% (2/31) FLA shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 64:16 TOI

🐆Panthers

Spencer Knight

29/31

.935 SV% · 2 GA · 64:35 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located

PIT FLA

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 2-8-2 (17% win rate, 12 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 1st: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 2nd: 7-2-1 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Dec 32024 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 4–5 OT Feb 142024 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Jan 262024 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 3–2 SO Dec 82023 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 1–3 Mar 42023 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 1–4

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Who won Penguins vs Panthers on January 3, 2025?

Panthers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 2, Panthers 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Panthers?

Gustav Forsling, Matthew Tkachuk.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Spencer Knight made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Panthers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 31 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 2–4 AfterJan 5 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 3–4

🐆 Panthers

BeforeJan 2 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 3–1 AfterJan 6 🐆FLA @ 🏔️COL 1–3

Also on January 3

🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🪶CHI 🏛️OTT 0–4 🎵STL 🦆ANA 2–3 🛢️EDM 🐯NSH 3–0 🐋VAN

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